We have a mixed breed flock of 13 hens that are free range. One is a few years old, the others are a little less than a year. We struggled with predators (hawk and coyote) taking out chickens in the fall and winter (including our rooster), so between the especially harsh winter and safety...
I am raising small batches of meat birds this summer and am wondering if it would be a problem to have different age broilers in the tractor. They will be brooded (separately) until 3 weeks, then move out into a hoop style tractor measuring 9'x9'. The first batch of 25 broilers would be 5 wks...